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Venky Harinarayan

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Partner at Rocketship.vc

Mountain View, California

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $3M

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About

Venky Harinarayan co-created Amazon Marketplace, conceived Mechanical Turk, built WalmartLabs from his startup acquisition, and—after early Facebook investing and running an early search/data venture franchise—spots breakout opportunities.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. rocketship.vcFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. San Francisco UnicornsPrincipal Ownercurrent2023 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  3. Epsilon VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  4. Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2000 — present
  5. Milliways VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 — present
  6. Cambrian VenturesFounding Partner2000 — 2015
  7. WalmartSVP, Global eCommerce2011 — 2012
  8. Efficient FrontierFounding Investor, Board Member2002 — 2012
  9. KosmixFounder2005 — 2011
  10. Amazon.comGeneral Manager1998 — 2000Seattle, Washington, United States
  11. JungleeCo-Founder1996 — 1998

Skills & more

Venture Capital36Start-ups39E-commerce40Strategic Partnerships22Product Development9Business Development12Team Building2Entrepreneurship8Analytics5Management Consulting2Product Marketing3Business Strategy3
+10 moreSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementCloud ComputingScalabilityBig DataDistributed SystemsMobile DevicesStrategySaaSEnterprise Software

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Investments

Investor

American Cricket EnterprisesBlueshiftClearStory DataCuberonDescartes LabsDocsAppGigaOmGlookoHypercubicHypertrackJasper Design AutomationJoyusLocboxMetaPassage AIPunchtabQuboleTrifacta

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Colleagues at Rocketship.vc

Anand Rajaraman
Partner at Rocketship.vc
Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Gianna Orozco
Fractional Controller at Press On Ventures
Jon Staenberg
El Jefe and founder of Hand of God Wines
Madhu Shalini Iyer
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc
Paul Baird-Smith
Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc
Rob Harries
Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc
Sailesh Ramakrishnan
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc

Network2

Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Eduardo Castro-Wright
Investor at alpha4 ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Venky Harinarayan?
Venky Harinarayan co-created Amazon Marketplace, conceived Mechanical Turk, built WalmartLabs from his startup acquisition, and—after early Facebook investing and running an early search/data venture franchise—spots breakout opportunities.
Where does Venky Harinarayan work?
Venky Harinarayan is Partner at Rocketship.vc.
What does Venky Harinarayan invest in?
Venky Harinarayan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, SaaS.
What check size does Venky Harinarayan write?
Venky Harinarayan typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
What companies has Venky Harinarayan invested in?
Investments tracked here include American Cricket Enterprises, Blueshift, ClearStory Data, Cuberon, Descartes Labs, DocsApp, GigaOm, Glooko, Hypercubic, Hypertrack, Jasper Design Automation, Joyus, and 6 more.
Where did Venky Harinarayan go to school?
Venky Harinarayan studied at Stanford University (PhD, Computer Science); UCLA (MS, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science).

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